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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) · Engineering Firms

Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) for Engineering Firms.

How fast you collect on what you sell.

Engineering practices, engineered to scale.

Finance & Strategy · Engineering Firms

Why engineering firms operators use the days sales outstanding (dso).

Calculate Days Sales Outstanding — the average days to collect payment after a sale. High DSO ties up working capital.

Engineering firms — civil, structural, mechanical, electrical — are professional services businesses with unique constraints: project-based revenue, deep specialization, and complex stakeholder management. SAZ helps engineering firms scale revenue, productize services, and embed AI across project delivery.

Benchmarks

What good looks like — typical ranges to compare against.

< 30 days
Excellent — strong collections
30–45 days
Healthy
45–60 days
Watch closely
> 60 days
Cash flow risk
The formula

How days sales outstanding (dso) is calculated.

DSO = (Accounts Receivable ÷ Revenue) × Period (days)
Industry context

What changes when days sales outstanding (dso) is applied to engineering firms.

Project-based revenue volatility

Productization of recurring services

Talent leverage and utilization

Document, drawing, and report production

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